---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Police Retirement System - Deferred Retirement Option Program - Alterations"
description: "State Police Retirement System - Deferred Retirement Option Program - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1049"
citation: "Maryland HB 1049 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Pensions and Retirement", "Law Enforcement", "Retirement Systems", "State Employees", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Barnes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-07"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df90ab53-9965-4732-877e-065a8fb2b191"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1049&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "44e86759c8210e2570193711f59fc15523b5615e47d465217c72f2c4db17a8c8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland HB 1049 (2018) — State Police Retirement System - Deferred Retirement Option Program - Alterations

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1049f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Barnes — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-07** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Hearing 2/22 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Favorable with Amendments {344269/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-08** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Hearing 3/22 at 9:00 a.m.
- **2018-03-23** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-26** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 725 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df90ab53-9965-4732-877e-065a8fb2b191`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).